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A Townsend, Mont., Soldier is competing in the Army Reserve’s prestigious “Best Warrior Competition” at Fort McCoy, Wis., from 13-17 July. Spc. Christopher J. Ludwig, a healthcare specialist with the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital in Ft. Harrison, Mont., was one of only 28 Soldiers in the 206,000-strong Army Reserve to be selected to compete for this honor.

Pfc. Foster hopes Best Warrior Competition will be an important step in his Army career.

Pfc. Brian S. Foster, a Killeen, Texas, native and intelligence analyst with 7/158th Aviation Regiment located at Fort Hood, is one of only 28 Soldiers in the 206-000-strong Army Reserve competing to be the Best Warrior.

Foster is a 2008 graduate of Killeen High School. Though he has only been in the Army Reserve for two years, Foster was selected due to his outstanding performance to represent his command.

Foster grew up in the Army. His father is a master sergeant with 22 years of service, much of it in Special Forces. He is currently assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group at Eglin Air Force Base.

“I have wanted to be in the Army since I was a child,” said Foster. “I see this competition as an opportunity to better myself as a Soldier and prove I can be the best.

Foster has been selected to attend the Army Air Assault school. He also plans to attend college, earn a commission as an Army officer, and eventually join the Special Forces.

“The Army Reserve is giving me the experience as an enlisted Soldier that will ultimately make me a better officer,” said Foster.

The Army Reserve's Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Butler, a medical logistics sergeant with the 4225th Army Hospital in Helena, Mont., will be competing for the title of Best Warrior

“My personal motto is ‘Always remember that better men have done more and asked for less.’”

Staff Sgt. Aaron D. Butler entered the Best Warrior Competition for the opportunity to “bring out the best in myself as a person,” he said.

Butler, a medical logistics sergeant with the 4225th U.S. Army Hospital in Ft. Harrison, Mont., is one of only 28 Soldiers in the 206,000-strong Army Reserve selected to compete for this honor.

Only 21 years old, Butler deployed to Qatar, Iraq, Afghanistan and Djibouti in 2006-7. There he was awarded the Army Achievement Medal by Maj. Gen. Thomas Robison, commander of the 377th Theater Support Command, for his support of the 20th Special Forces Group in the Horn of Africa. His outstanding work ensured that combat units remained stocked with vital medical supplies.

In his civilian occupation, Butler is a rancher on KG Ranch in Three Forks, Mont.